How loud can sound really get? The human ear can safely hear up to around 120 decibels. Beyond that, it starts to hurt. At ...

Most people picture lions, roosters, or even cicadas when they think about noisy animals. Their sounds grab attention because ...

Sperm whales, denizens of the deep ocean, rely on sound for survival in their extreme environment. They produce the loudest biological sounds on Earth, reaching up to 236 decibels underwater. These ...

A giant loudspeaker stood on the roof of a hangar at Mineola, L. I., last week, and radio and sound engineers trooped out to have a look, listen to its monstrous bray. Developed in the Bell Telephone ...

What are the loudest sounds at UB? Where are the university’s quietest spots? What unlikely noises here are around 60 decibels, the level typically associated with a normal conversation between two ...